LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Life-boat Elizabeth and Blanche was launched on the 22nd October shortly after 10 P.M.

to the assistance of a steamer which was reported to be in distress off Tol Pedn. She proceeded in the direction indicated and fell...

Wicklow.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 1st of February, 1957, a message was received from the Irish Lights stating that a member of the crew of the Codling lightvessel was suffering from a poisoned hand and asking if the life-boat would...

IRVINE, N.B.—On the 20th December, at about 2 P.M., the tug Irvine, of Irvine, was proceeding to Ayr to tow a vessel to Irvine Harbour, during a strong S.W. gale and a heavy sea. She grounded on the centre of the bar, and showed signals of...

'One man can launch the Atlantic in less than a minute' 'Most of our work here is out-and-grab stuff,' said Atlantic Helmsman Richard Pearce as we looked at the floating boathouse at his station in Brighton Marina, 'and...

PENARTH.—At 7.30 P.M. on the 7th March, in answer to signals of distress, the Life-boat Joseph Denman was launched, and boarded the brig Crocodile, of Dartmouth, which vessel had got ashore on the west end of Cardiff sands. A strong gale was...

St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 1.38 in the afternoon, on the 9th of April, 1950, a message was received that a youth was being blown seawards in a rubber dinghy three-quarters of a mile off Coldingham Sands. Accordingly, at 1.45 the life-boat J....

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The delightful harbour at Islay, with the afloat Thames class lifeboat lying in her sheltered inlet. The ferry to Jura is at the ramp behind her. The boathouse here is at present being rebuilt to provide better facilities for the... - View image in PDF